Related tags:
NASA + (312)
science + (180)
astronomy + (155)
mars + (96)
moon + (77)
photography + (60)
earth + (50)
brokenlink + (47)
planets + (47)
spaceshuttle + (47)
ISS + (43)
shuttle + (43)
video + (40)
technology + (39)
spaceflight + (38)
art + (37)
exploration + (37)
history + (36)
sciencefiction + (35)
Apollo + (31)
Astronauts + (27)
astronaut + (26)
solarsystem + (26)
aliens + (25)
physics + (25)
spacestation + (25)
sun + (25)
saturn + (24)
spacecraft + (24)
stars + (23)
satellite + (22)
telescope + (22)
hubble + (21)
asteroid + (20)
rocket + (20)
rockets + (20)
russia + (20)
cassini + (19)
photos + (18)
planet + (18)
solar + (18)
spacetravel + (18)
life + (17)
orbit + (17)
spaceexploration + (17)
universe + (16)
esa + (15)
youtube + (15)
asteroids + (14)
Future + (14)
game + (14)
gravity + (14)
JPL + (14)
travel + (14)
China + (12)
discovery + (12)
internationalspacestation + (12)
music + (12)
titan + (12)
Venus + (12)


Users that often use this tag:
Brandon Blatcher (46)
Artw (44)
brownpau (31)
Chinese Jet Pilot (25)
homunculus (21)
stbalbach (12)
IvoShandor (11)
zarq (10)
loquacious (9)
Burhanistan (9)
Steven Den Beste (6)
blahblahblah (6)
empath (6)
Fizz (6)
The Whelk (6)
mathowie (5)
KirkJobSluder (5)
Cranberry (5)
goodnewsfortheinsane (5)
Effigy2000 (5)
filthy light thief (5)
blue_beetle (4)
Kattullus (4)
quin (4)
Mwongozi (4)
y2karl (4)
crunchland (4)
baylink (4)
adrianhon (4)
Bora Horza Gobuchul (4)
amyms (4)
owillis (3)
nickyskye (3)
Jimbob (3)
Brilliantcrank (3)
warhol (3)
kliuless (3)
anastasiav (3)
crasspastor (3)
CunningLinguist (3)
tgrundke (3)
madamjujujive (3)
achmorrison (3)
dhruva (3)
BlackLeotardFront (3)
gman (3)
disillusioned (3)
Rhaomi (3)
Kronos_to_Earth (3)
pashdown (3)
Joe Beese (3)
Taft (3)
curious nu (3)
philipy (3)
analogtom (3)
egor83 (3)
Trurl (3)
Egg Shen (3)
jjray (2)
Pretty_Generic (2)

Using data provided by the Lowell Observatory and Minor Planet Center, this fascinating video provides a view of our knowledge of nearby asteroids and how closely their paths intersect with Earth's. The voiceover explains the count of objects, and what the colorations mean. [slyt]
posted by quin on Mar 1, 2013 - 17 comments

Un Petit plat pour l’Homme (A Small Dish For Man) is a cute animated short by Corentin Charron which looks at dining in space. [via]
posted by quin on Jul 10, 2012 - 5 comments

Science off the Sphere is a video series by Don Pettit aboard the ISS showing off the neat things you can do in zero-gravity. [more inside]
posted by quin on May 31, 2012 - 13 comments

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich has put together the fantastic short video Measuring the Universe which briefly describes the different techniques used to allow us to calculate the vast distances to stellar objects in space. [via]
posted by quin on May 30, 2012 - 11 comments